An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

King Hart.

BIGLY, BYGLY, adj. Commodious, or habitable.
Bludy Serk.

From A. S. big-an, habitare, and lic, similis.

BIGHTSOM, adj. Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity, S. B.
Morison.

Perhaps q. buxom, from A. S. bocsum flexibilis; byg-an, to bend.

BIGONET, s. A linen cap or coif.
Ramsay.

From the same origin with E. biggin, "a kind of coif, or linen-cap for a young child;" Phillips. Fr. beguin. id.

BYGANE, BIGANE, BYGONE, adj.
1. Past; S. The latter is mentioned by Dr Johnson as "a Scotch word."
Acts Ja. I.
2. Preceding; equivalent to E. predeceased.
Douglas.

BYGANES, BIGONES, used as s. pl. denoting what is past, but properly including the idea of transgression or defect.
1. It denotes offences against the sovereign, or the state, real or supposed.
Baillie.
2. It is used in relation to the quarrels of lovers, or grounds of offence give by either party, S.
Morison.
3. It often denotes arrears, sums of money formerly due, but not paid, S.
Wodrow.

BIGS, Barbour, xix. 392. Pink. ed. Leg. Lugis.